cypripedium

[ sip-ruh-pee-dee-uhm ]

/ ˌsɪp rəˈpi di əm /

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noun

any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, comprising the lady's-slippers.

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Origin of cypripedium

1765–75; <New Latin, equivalent to Latin Cypri(a) Venus + -pedi--ped + -um neuter ending

Words nearby cypripedium

cyprinid, cyprinodont, cyprinoid, Cypriot, Cypriot syllabary, cypripedium, Cypris, Cypro-, cyproheptadine, cyproheptadine hydrochloride, cyproterone

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How to use cypripedium in a sentence

On the other hand, a double-flowered form is possibly in embryo, and before the next century closes the Cypripedium acaule Ait.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
But here I must be specific, and in truth Cypripedium insigne Sanderae is not to be so described.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
Every evening they brought in a load of orchids more or less valuable, but never Cypripedium Curtisii.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
Cypripedium Curtisii was selling in London at the moment for many guineas—a small plant too.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle

A good many of them probably received commissions to find Cypripedium Spicerianum.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle

British Dictionary definitions for cypripedium

cypripedium

/ (ˌsɪprɪˈpiːdɪəm) /

noun

any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lipSee also lady's-slipper

any cultivated tropical orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum, having yellow, green, or brownish-purple waxy flowers

Word Origin for cypripedium

C18: from New Latin, from Latin Cypria the Cyprian, that is, Venus + pēs foot (that is, Venus' slipper)

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